Harpers In Missouri

"Ruth" Rita Harper Toohey- Daughter of "Marvin" H.
Harper, Sr. and "Minnie" Belle Brooks Harper
(Harper-Page 13)

"Ruth" Rita Harper Toohey was born June 17, 1914 in Dunklin
County, Holcomb, Missouri, and died March 29, 2005 in Solano
County, Vallejo, California. She married Clarence Joseph
Toohey, son of James T. Toohey and Gertrude M. Toohey, on
December 27, 1955 in San Francisco, California at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Campbell, the parents of Grace Kathryn (Kay)
Campbell Harper, the wife of Louis Marvin Harper, a brother
of "Ruth" Rita Harper. Clarence Joseph Toohey was born
January 15, 1908, and died March 24, 1972 in Solano County,
Vallejo, California.
Notes for "Ruth" Rita Harper:

"Ruth" Rita Harper Toohey

Born June 17, 1914 in Dunklin County, Holcomb, Missouri
Graduate of the University of Missouri with a Bachelor of
Science Degree in 1937
High School Teacher (French and History) 1941 - 1942
Nurse Education - John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore,
Maryland - 1942 - 1944
U. S. Military Service - RN on the Island of Saipan, Northern
Mariana Islands until war ended - 1945 Achieved rank of 2nd
Lieutenant, U. S. Army
C&H Sugar Refinery, Head Nurse/ Crockett, California 1946 -
1955
Married Clarence Joseph Toohey, M.D. on December 27, 1955,
San Francisco, California
1957 Kaptai, East Pakistan - Son Michael Roy born. (First
name the same as his grandfather's brother's first name,
Michael Toohey, and the middle name the same as his mother's
brother's first name, Roy Winfield Harper)
Overseas in East Pakistan - 1956 - 1958,
Afghanistan 1960 - 1962 Husband Clarence Joseph Toohey,
M.D. doctor of Morrison-Knudsen Construction, San
Francisco, California, government contracts
Vallejo Senior High School Teacher, Vallejo, California 1965 -
1986 - History and Government
1986 - Retired
Survived by an extended family, friends, son Michael Roy
Toohey and granddaughter Sierra.

Both Ruth Rita Harper Toohey and her husband Joseph
Clarence Toohey were cremated after their deaths. Both have
their ashes buried beside each other in the Harper family plot
in Mount Zion Cemetery in Pemiscot County, Steele, Missouri.

From Funeral Announcement:

"Ruth" Rita Harper Toohey
June 17, 1914 - March 29, 2005

Graveside Services
Friday, June 17, 2005
3:00 PM
Mount Zion Cemetery
Pemiscot County, Steele, Missouri

Services Conducted By:
Reverend Mike Hargraves

Arrangements Handled By:
John W. German Funeral Home
Pemiscot County, Steele, Missouri

More About "Ruth" Rita Harper Toohey:
Burial: Mount Zion Cemetery, Pemiscot County, Steele,
Missouri

More About Clarence Joseph Toohey:
Burial: Mount Zion Cemetery, Pemiscot County, Steele,
Missouri

Child of Ruth Harper and Clarence Toohey is:
Michael Roy Toohey, born 1957 in Kaptai, East Pakistan.

Child of Michael Roy Toohey is daughter Sierra.

The picture below is of Ruth Rita Harper Toohey and Clarence
Joseph Toohey

The newspaper clipping to
the left announces the
marriage of Ruth Rita
Harper and Clarence
Joseph Toohey.

The newspaper clipping
below announces the death
of Clarence Joseph Toohey.

The picture below is of Michael Roy Toohey, the son of
Clarence Joseph Toohey and "Ruth" Rita Harper Toohey

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8. Photos and newspapers clips provided by Ruth Rita
Harper Toohey and Michael Roy Toohey.

9. Photo of Solano County, Vallejo, California found on
the following website:
http://www.wildnatureimages.
com/Bay%20Bridge%201.htm

Picture above is of Solano County, Vallejo, California - Home City of
"Ruth" Rita Harper Toohey

The picture on the left is "Ruth" Rita
Harper Toohey taken on October 30,
1954 at the Harper home on Route 1
in Pemiscot County, Steele, Missouri.
The picture below is "Ruth" Rita
Harper Toohey.